Ophthalmic mounting



March 2 1926. 1,575,2784

L.. POETON oyHmHALmc MOUNTING Filed August 7, 1924 INVENTOR LAWRENCE POETON Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

UNITED, STATES i 1,575,278 PATENT OFFICE.

LAWRENCEPOETON, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A VOLUNTARY ASSOCIA- TION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

OPI-ITHALMIC MOUNTING.

Application filed. August 7, A1924. Serial N'o. 730,560.

To all whom t mcg/concern.'

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE PoE'roN, a citizen of the United States, kresiding at Southbridge, in the county of W'orcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ophthalmic Mountings, of which the following is a specification.

The present inventionv relates to an end piece for ophthalmic mountings, and has particular reference to an end piece having an exceptionally large bearing surface b'etween the temple and the said end piece.

An important object of this invention is to provide an end piece for opthalmic mountings wherein 'the bearing surface between the temple and said .end piece has been increased so as to guard against a loose fit between the said temple and end piece.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide an end piece for ophthalmic mountings so constructed that the bearing surface between the temple and end piece is so increased that the joint between the two will not wear out so as to cause a loose fit with resultant incorrect positioning of the lenses before the eyes of the user.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure I is a front elevation of an ophthalmic mounting;

Figure II is a fragmentary section through the end piece and temple thereof;

Figure III is a similar view showing the parts before assembly; and

Figure IV is a perspective view of the end piece and temple.

In the drawings, wherein for the purposes of illustration is shown the preferred em bodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates an ophthalic mounting comprising the eyes 6, bridge 7, and end pieces 8. The end pieces comprise the sections 9 and 10 carried by the respective ends of the eye wire, while forming the eyes 6. The temple 11 is adapted to be hingedly associated with the end piece in such a manner that the temples may be swung into an inoperative position when not in use. The temple 11 is provided with a tubular member 12 which is fiXedly mounted in the reduced portion 13 of the said temple. The tube 12 may be secured to the portion 13 in any desired manner, such as by swaging, pressing, brazing.I soldering, or the like. The tubular portion 12 is adapted to be passed through an aperture le formed in the end piece section 10 and to fall'flush with the outer edge 15 thereof. The section y9 of the end piece isv adaptedv to carry the pivot pin 16, which is likewise securely fastened to its carrying member. The pin 16 is adapted to be passed through the bore in the tube 12 in such a manner that the tube 12'is adapted 'to be pivoted 'around the post 1G. The end piece sections 9 and 10 are cut out as at 17 suiiiciently Y to accommodate the reduced end 13'of the temple 11. After the-tubepor tion 12 has been securely fastened to the portion 13 of the temple 11 and the pin 1G has been associated with the end piece Section5), the tube 12 is passed through the opening 14, and the pin 16 is placed within the bore of the said tube in a manner as is clearly shown in Figure II of the drawings. To prevent separation of the parts after they have thus been arranged, the screw 1S is screw-threadedly passed through both sections 9 and 10 of the end piece.

The temple 11 is thus hingedly associated with the end piece in such a manner that it is braced both longitudinally and vertically to prevent a sloppy lit between the two parts when in use. Due to the enlarged bearing surface the end piece will last much longer, and due to the fact that the tube 12 is received within the end piece section 10 it is almost impossible to move the temple up and down although, of course, the temple is adapted to be swung in a longitudinal plane into an inoperative position.

It is to be understood thatL the form of the invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as the preferred embodiment of the same and that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. An end piece connection for an ophthalmic mounting, comprising separable end'piece members and a temple end connection, said end piece `members having a plurality of aligned openings and a recess for the temple end, the temple end hav-ing .an kopening .aligned with one pair of openings `in the :end piece member-s, n boss iixed to the temple end and projecting from the opening therein and extending into one of the openings in the end ,lp'iece ninembers, a pin fixed in the opposed opening in the end piece members extending intothe opening in the temple end and boss, and `means'in the other lopenings inthe end piece members to Vhold the members together.

2. An end piece connection for an `ophthalmic mounting, comprising separable end piece members andi-a temple'end connection, said end piece members having a plurality of aligned open-ings and a recess for the -temple end, ythe temple en'd lharing an opening aligned with vone pair of openings in the end piece members, rand a tube fixedly secured in tne opening 'therein and projecting therebeyond on 'one side ifntoone of vthe openings in the end piece members, a pin fixed in the opposed opening in the end piece 'membersextending into the tube,

and means yi-n the other fopenings in the end piece members to hold ithe members together.

A111 end piece connect-ion for an oph- 1tha'lmic mounting, comprising separable vend .piece members and a temple connection, said end ,piece .members having 4aligned openings .and a recess for the temple end, the temple .end having yan opening laligned With the openings in the end piece members,

kn boss 4Afixed to the temple end and projecting from the opening therein `Sind extending into one of "the :openings in the end piece members, and a pin fixed in the opposed opening in the end piece members, extendinginto the opening in the temple end and atheiboss.

4. An en'd ,piece connection forv -an loph- 1tha-lmic mounting, comprising separable end piece 'members and :a :temple connection,

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